Magic Prague - Hardcover

Ripellino, Angelo Maria; Heim, Michael Henry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520073525 ISBN 13: 9780520073524

Verlag: Univ of California Pr, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

This unusual, distinctive book is a glowing, theatrical blend of history, travelogue, fictional sketch, art and literary criticism, and personal essay. Angelo Ripellino goes beyond the tourist cliché of Prague and brings out the mystery, ambiguity, gloom, lethargy, and hidden fascination of the city of the Vltava. He uses melodrama and ghost stories, as well as tales from the enchanted road and the risqué barroom to relate the sorcery of the Bohemian capital in a wonderful mix of fact and fiction.

As the book opens, Kafka and Hasek are still stalking the streets of the Old Town. In the second section we are in the seventeenth century, with its emphasis on the occult. Traveling on, we move through Prague's bordellos, theaters, ghetto, alchemists' laboratories, and cafés, accompanied by Rudolph II, Apollinaire, and Czech dadaists. The result of this imaginary guided tour is a deeper knowledge of the city than any ordinary guidebook can provide as well as an exhilarating introduction to Czech culture.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Angelo Maria Ripellino (1923-1978) was for many years Professor of Russian Language and Lecturer in Czech Language and Literature at the University of Rome.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Univ of California Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0520073525
• ISBN 13: 9780520073524
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 333
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